In what way is Linux security more secure than Windows security?

Answer 1

* Most Linux operators are more familiar with the inner workings of their systems than most Windows users, so they are usually more capable of setting up their machines securely.

* Many Windows "features" require execute and other priviledges on the machine. This means that, by default, Windows security is set up to be looser. These priviledges can be taken advantage of by people with malicious intentions against users that have not made adequate security adjustements on their machines.

* Most "hackers" want to get the most bang for their effort. Since Windows is used on far more computers than Linux, they focus their efforts on creating hacks or viruses that effect Windows systems.

Answer 2

The default configuration for most Linux distributions is far more secure than that of the default configuration for Windows. Of course, a distro could be placed in an unsecure (by running everything as root, for instance), and Windows could be made more secure by running under a more limited account than Administrator. The main complaints about Windows' security are actually the response time Microsoft has to fixing known security vulnerabilities. Most vulnerabilities within Linux programs are fixed within days, if not hours, of the flaw being found. By contrast, Microsoft typically only releases security fixes literally every other Tuesday.

When necessary, Microsoft provides a new security update on the second Tuesday of each month and publishes a bulletin to announce the update. Occasionally, updates are released more often. The links below go to the latest bulletins. Each bulletin includes links to the security updates.

Answer 3

It is in that there are far less viruses and vulnerabilities in the wild for Ubuntu. However, decent security measures, such as having a firewall and anti-virus (Ubuntu does not do that for you!) should be taken whatever OS you use.

Answer 4

Currently, Linux is less secure than Windows in most regards, due to the SSL certificate authority Linux uses selling secure information to other organizations. However, Linux is still more secure than Windows in that the security problems Linux has are less serious than the security problems Windows has. Windows is more exploitable than Linux.

Answer 5

No system is secure forever. Therefore, yes.

To make it secure you should update / upgrade to stay secure. It provides security updates just like Windows. The good thing with linux is that it is hard to find a virus written for linux. Even if there are, most of them won't work because linux doesn't auto run.

Answer 6

Linux is the kernel, from which many distributions (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, to name but two) radiate. Compared to Windows, Linux distros are considered to be more secure.

Answer 7

i think we can change everything in Linux as u like so hackers have difficult to find what u maid changes so it s more secure